Theory of art
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Theory of art
Hardcover. Scruton's Aesthetics is a comprehensive critical evaluation of one of the major aestheticians of our age. The lead essay by Scruton is followed by fourteen essays by international commentators plus Scruton's reply. All discuss matters of enduring importance. Editor(s): Hamilton, Andy; Zangwill, Nick. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251687
- ISBN
- 9780230251687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.41
€ 128.41
Hardcover. A study of controversy in the arts, and the extent to which such controversies are socially rather than just aesthetically conditioned. The collection pays special attention to the vested interests and the social dynamics involved, including class, religion, culture, and - above all - power. Editor(s): Howells, Richard; Ritivoi, Andreea Deciu; Schachter, Judith. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230353978
- ISBN
- 9780230353978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. Ten leading commentators explore the interfaces between art and aesthetics in dialogue with a philosophical text (Theodor Adorno's draft introduction to Aesthetic Theory), a piece of literary writing (Franz Kafka's A Report to an Academy), and a major contemporary painting (Gerhard Richter's Betty, 1988). Editor(s): Regier, Alexander; De Bolla, Peter; Uhlig, Stefan H. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549197
- ISBN
- 9780230549197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. During the decades of his world fame, Tolstoy wrote this series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. He considered and rejected the idea that art reveals and reinvents through beauty, although he perceived the question of art to be a religious one. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; ABA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446425
- ISBN
- 9780140446425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Sofaer Derevenski, Joanna. Num Pages: 224 pages, 49 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415511551
- ISBN
- 9780415511551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.56
€ 28.56
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: ABA; HRC; HRKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 166. Good copy with some shelf wear and aging. Some scoring internally, to text and title page. Remains good reading copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc New York
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024890
- ISBN
- 9780486203782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Explores the emergence of the theme of migration as a dominant subject in the world of art, as well as the ways in which the mobilities of our globalized world have radically reshaped art's conditions of production, reception, and display. Editor(s): Mathur, Saloni. Series: Clark Studies in the Visual Arts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300134148
- ISBN
- 9780300134148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.49
€ 29.99
€ 6.49
hardcover. First book to examine how the theories of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing have affected individual artists and their works. Editor(s): Lippert, Sarah. Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 integrated bw. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784533458
- ISBN
- 9781784533458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 9.66
€ 39.99
€ 9.66
Hardback. Proceedings of the XXIXth International Congress of the History of Art, Amsterdam, 1-7 September 1996 Editor(s): Reinink, A. W. (Utrecht University, The Netherlands); Stumpel, Jeroen. Num Pages: 1114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2977.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 1114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792342137
- ISBN
- 9780792342137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 652.35
€ 652.35
Paperback. The Aesthetic Mind breaks new ground in bringing together empirical sciences and philosophy to enhance our understanding of art and the aesthetic. An eminent international team of experts explores the roles of emotion, imagination, empathy, and beauty in this realm of human experience, discussing visual and literary art, music, and dance. Editor(s): Schellekens, Elisabeth; Goldie, Peter. Num Pages: 470 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: ABA; HP; HPN; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198705925
- ISBN
- 9780198705925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.53
€ 78.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415578004
- ISBN
- 9780415578004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.28
€ 96.28
Contemporary artists discuss the avant-garde movement and how the Great War influenced art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 150 colour, 50 b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 290 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1800.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Lannoo Belgium
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401437660
- ISBN
- 9789401437660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.43
€ 52.99
€ 44.43
This book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the "affective'"quality of art contributes to a new understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750745
- ISBN
- 9780804750745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Bookwork takes our passion for books to its logical extreme - by studying artists who employ found or simulated books as a sculptural medium and investigating the conceptual labor behind this proliferating international art practice. This title offers an account of works that force attention upon a book's material identity and cultural resonance. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 colour plates, 68 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 286 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226773919
- ISBN
- 9780226773919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.27€ 69.91
€ 83.27
€ 69.91
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635637
- ISBN
- 9780691635637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.08
€ 195.08
Hardcover. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900052
- ISBN
- 9781517900052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.44
€ 115.44
Paperback. Based on the assumption that art is subject to psychology, accessible to understanding, and needed for any comprehensive survey of mental functioning, this book offers psychological findings range from experiments in the perception of shape or observations on the art work of children to broad deliberations on nature of images or of inspiration. Num Pages: 380 pages, 1 color illustration, 3 b/w photographs, 34 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266018
- ISBN
- 9780520266018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 71 halftone illustations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 337. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- SKU
- KAK0003387
- ISBN
- 9780571096589
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Rockhill, Gabriel. Translator(s): Rockhill, Gabriel. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780935355
- ISBN
- 9781780935355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
